This stylish and colourful cafe is home base for Marou, an artisan chocolate producer. Watch Marou's skilled team tempering and moulding chocolate crafted from local fair-trade cacao, and enjoy drinks (hot chocolate from 90,000d) and snacks also incorporating the stellar ingredients. Try the iced chocolate with cinnamon and chilli.
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Maison Saigon Marou
Ho Chi Minh City
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